Proverbs from Elsewhere
It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools.
God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.
When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.
Never open your door to the least of your misfortunes. If you do, the rest will follow.
Wedlock is like a place besieged, those without wish to get in, those without want to get out.
Other forms:
Marriage is like a besieged city, everyone on the outside wants to get in, anyone on the inside wants to get out.
French: Le mariage est une forteresse assiégée, ceux qui sont dehors veulent y entrer, ceux qui sont dedans veulent en sortir.
Four things come not back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life and the neglected opportunity.
